The Strange Companion

Your silences have a strange elf-like quality.You gaze upon me where I sleep.I feel the blankness of your blue eyesspeculating upon my facefrom under their curtain of blonde hair.You are sinister, my strange, anemic friend.Your silence is a cat-like assault.I struggle to life.I do not feel safe.Until you retreat to your Youtube accountand your perusal of Hemingway.

Adreyo Sen, a resident of Kolkata, India, is pursuing his MFA at Stony Brook, Southampton. He has been published in Danse Macabre and Kritya.